Chapter 22—The Capital of Departure (Part II)
Leaving from the city gate on the other side of Luoshu County, not far from here is the capital of the royal Chen family, the ancient capital of Checheng, which was once prosperous and fell from the country.
After the wind and frost and changes, the prosperity of the city is still the same, it is not only the largest city in the entire area of the country and the area of repair, it is also an extremely important area of final distribution of trade, and now because of the internal strife within the country, it has also led to the business of the city is slightly inferior compared to before.
However, this does not affect the true prosperity of the city now, and in many cases the people living in the city can completely surpass them in terms of their way of life, the various kinds of work and income they do every day, and such a life is much more than that of the rest of the country. Therefore, the reason why Checheng is known as the most prosperous city outside the country naturally has a reason.
In the evening of today, after nearly a day's journey, Kong Hong and Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings, have now approached the west gate of the city. Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two brothers and sisters, were shocked when they saw this city from a distance, and it was worthy of being the largest city in the country.
The gates of the city were full of people who came and went, and these people were dressed in very rich silk robes, and the hair ornaments and necklaces worn by women were all made of rich silver. Moreover, after entering the city gate and receiving the inspection, they saw the scene along the street was definitely a scene that surprised them, here along the street are restaurants that cover more than three floors or this is an inn, and even casinos and green buildings, walking through the streets here can obviously feel that they are a little different from the ordinary city and even the streets of Weicheng, this kind of hustle and bustle of the big city, the two brothers and sisters can only feel it in Xuancheng, where they have lived for a period of time. A special curiosity rose from the hearts of the two siblings, and this emotion had even affected the expressions and movements on their faces. Let the two siblings look like outsiders who have never seen the world before.
Kong Hong glanced at the expressions and movements of the two brothers and sisters, she knew that these two brothers and sisters were really people who had never seen the world, but such rash action made their two brothers and sisters enough to show their flaws, and now at this time Kong Hong did not want to directly expose their identities, just like when she entered the city gate, she could obviously prove that she was Zhao Ling's wife Kong Hong and escaped inspection, but she preferred to hide the letter that could prove her identity in her underwear, and handed the package she carried in her hand to the soldiers guarding the city for inspection, which showed that she was actually unwilling to reveal her identity。 But now, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will see some flaws in the expressions and movements of the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, and take them away for interrogation. After all, this is a thorough city, and the daily patrols in the city are extremely strict and serious, and the patrols are all 6,000 gray-armored guards guarding the palace, these guards are all highly skilled and very conscientious, if it falls into their hands, then their situation will not be good.
Kong Hong's heart is like a mirror, she can wander around the city and even the entire royal Chen family's territory without anyone taking care of her, after all, she is a well-known lady in the royal Chen family who can't stay at home. Coupled with her identity and status, even King Che didn't care about her, and even wrote a letter in person, informing all localities that if they met Kong Hong, they would be allowed to leave without hindrance. It was for these reasons that Kong Hong had the opportunity to meet Chen Xinyu, who also liked to run around, and after some heartfelt conversations, she finally decided to secretly support Chen Xinyu and help her reunify and leave the country.
But Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two brothers and sisters are different, such young and heroic two brothers and sisters, coupled with such eyes and movements, sooner or later people will be able to see what clues, this is not good.
Now it is imperative that Kong Hong feel that he should bring the two siblings back to the mansion as soon as possible to talk about other things. As far as she knew, Zhao Ling was not in the city now, but went to inspect the production and transportation situation of the current Eastern Thorn City with the order of King Che, and if all this went well, they could even directly tear up the agreement and launch an attack to the west.
And now, Xia Cheng's army has been defeated, and Wang Ren is in the process of changing because of his position, so it is unlikely that he will go to the current Thorn City. In that case, only Zhao Ling could grasp the situation in front of him, so King Che also ordered him to go directly to Thorn City to check the situation.
Kong Hong is well aware of the situation in front of him, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which can allow the two siblings Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan to hide in their own homes and wait for the opportunity for things to develop later. If it's too late, they may have suffered some unknown accident.
Kong Hong has now made up her mind, although the surrounding situation seems calm but the undercurrent is surging, she took Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two brothers and sisters, from the most prosperous street in front of her, directly turned around and entered a dark alley behind, from the residential area in the dark alley, all the way to Zhao Ling's Great General's Mansion. This residential area is now very quiet, and it is also a place where ordinary sergeants do not necessarily go to patrol, and from here it is a very quick and convenient road to Kong Hong's home, the general's residence.
In a short time, the three of them had already turned all the way down the alley and returned to the street, and in a mansion directly opposite them, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings, had already seen two big characters "Zhao Mansion" written on a black plaque.
Kong Hong smiled silently, now that everything had returned to calm, as long as they returned to the mansion, it was impossible for anyone to dare to come to the door to ask. In this way, the situation of Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, is safe, and that place is the back door of the Zhao Mansion, and no one will pass by here in normal times, after all, this is also a back alley. But before Kong Hong came here, he had already passed the news of his imminent return here to his personal maid with a carrier pigeon, and asked her to send someone to wait here and open the back door at any time to let them enter here.
Crossing this street, although the people walking on the street are overcrowded, but in fact this does not affect them to spread through the crowd like this, because Kong Hong's face has a very light veil, this veil makes the surrounding people not see who she is, no one knows that this beautiful girl in a white dress is actually the mistress of this Zhao Mansion, that is, the youngest daughter of the Kong family, and Kong Hong is one of the best people in this city. So, these people just glanced at them, seeing that the three of them were now walking around the street, and suddenly jumped to the back door of the Zhao Mansion like a kitten, Kong Hong stepped forward and knocked lightly, and shouted in a low voice: "Chun'er, Chun'er, are you there?"
At the back door of Zhao's mansion, Kong Hong's personal little maid had already heard the sound of Kong **** outside, she was originally resting on a longitudinally growing lakeside willow tree on the edge of the corner gate, but now she heard this voice and immediately stood up, rushed to the edge of the small door, and shouted in a low voice: "Madam, is Madame you?"
Kong Hong smiled knowingly, nodded, and shouted in a low voice again: "It's me Chun'er, you open the door quickly, is there anyone else inside?"
The small door of the Zhao Mansion opened, and out of it flashed out was a girl in a red dress with a small pair of ponytails, this girl seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, but she looked extremely clever and well-behaved, and very likable. This is also a sister who grew up with Kong Hong since childhood, in the Kong family, the status of this Chun'er was originally very low, and then Kong Hong found that this girl was quite capable and clever, so she made an exception to let her follow her, and then she was the highest status among the four wedding maids. Now in this Zhao Mansion, the position held by this little maid Chun'er is also a very key maid manager. "Madam, don't worry, I have arranged all these things, and when you and the master are not in the mansion, all of this is arranged by me and Steward Zheng. Now, this is not the normal work of today, I just came here to take a look, I never thought about it" The little girl Chun'er's face showed a deep smile, and she was now very happy to see Kong Hong's appearance.
"These two, it must be Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan" Chun'er received Kong Hong's news from Kong Hong's letter, and she wanted to know that now Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan are the two brothers and sisters who are following Kong Hong. So, Chun'er greeted her very affectionately, quietly closed the back door, and then welcomed the three of them into this mansion, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two brothers and sisters, also bowed to her, and then cast their eyes on the entire mansion, they immediately realized that when they walked into this mansion from this small door, what greeted them was the back garden of this mansion, which occupied a very large area, and at this time also revealed a very different kind of quiet and soft atmosphere. As far as the eye can see, you can see an endless central lake, as well as the surrounding rocky rockeries and a small willow tree with heavy hills. The environment here is really good.
Chun'er could see at a glance that the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, seemed to be very interested in the back garden of this mansion. She hurriedly stepped forward and took the two siblings around the back garden to look and point. Kong Hong stood alone on the edge of the stone steps in the garden, and set his eyes on the back hall of the mansion.
Kong Hong looked around the back hall and confirmed that Zhao Ling was indeed not in this mansion now, she immediately turned around and said to Chun'er, who had walked to the edge of the lake with Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan: "Chun'er, after you finish reading here, hurry up and arrange for the two brothers and sisters to stay, don't delay things, I still have some things to do, I guess I won't be back until the evening, you don't need to wait for me to have lunch."
"Okay madam!" Chun'er's words did not fall, but she turned around but no longer saw Kong Hong's figure, she couldn't help but smile silently, this lady of her really came and went without a trace